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The Empire of Todi

by Rajan P. Parrikar First published on SAWF on June 26, 2000 Namashkar. With the heights of the Bhairav terrain scaled our onward peregrinations now bring into view the most profound, finespun idea in melodic music: raganga Todi.  The encomia splurged earlier on the Bhairav dynasty carry over pari passu to the Todi clan.  As…

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Bhairav – The Primordial Sound

by Rajan P. Parrikar First published on SAWF on May 29, 2000 Namashkar. Our exploration of Hindustani ragaspace continues with a coup d’oeil of the hoary Raga Bhairav and members of its extended family.   Raga Bhairav Bhairav connotes three entities: raga, raganga, and that. All the three converge only in the flagship Raga Bhairav….

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